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Again Schmidt absolutely correct; we are the next "Brexit" I name it USXIT of the world. Isolation will create such. The US has stepped out of most international agreements also lots of other world wide agreements like the WTO. The consequences will make this an even more isolated "island". Britain always was an oddball "island" with their own oddities, like driving on the left, inches instead of metric, "weights" totally different than the continent, odd ball designs in engines, industry etc. clothed cream and crumpets etc. On top of it the Scott's, Irish, Wales who are also different. No wonder they don't fit in Europe. Their colonies where kind of weird as well, like India, Pakistan, Burma, Nigeria etc. Thus Britain will always remain kind of a "stand alone" arrogant country, the same as the ex-British colony which calls itself the UNITED? States.
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The British Parliament has overwhelmingly rejected (432 - 202) Theresa May's plan for Britain to exit the European Union. She is expected to survive a vote of no confidence today, but what about the future. No Plan B? In the meantime it looks like the British government is polarized. Jenni Russell, Opinion Writer, New York Times; Britain Needs a Miracle "With Mrs. May’s cabinet, the country, political parties and Parliament all hopelessly split over how or whether to carry out Brexit, Britain’s political universe is imploding and so are its political norms. "Every faction in each of the two main parties will be fighting and scheming for its preferred result, from a “no-deal Brexit” to a softer departure that leaves Britain closer to the European Union to abandoning the idea of leaving altogether. Predicting who will win is impossible because none of these factions have a majority and no one knows how or whether they will form alliances. "Politicians and journalists are frantically trying to game the next few weeks. Every outcome is unlikely and most seem utterly implausible, yet everything — from another indecisive election to a national unity government — is being suggested." Sound familiar?
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New York Times: Amid Parliament’s Brexit Rebellion, a Tectonic Shift in How Britain Is Governed "The Brexit fiasco seems to be forcing a tectonic shift in how Britain is governed, as Parliament flexes its muscles and the prime minister struggles to force through her agenda — a dynamic more characteristic of America’s gridlock-prone system. "Behind this change lie political shifts that have made it harder for British governments to secure convincing majorities in Parliament, with inconclusive elections and minority governments starting to become the norm...You’ve got a breakdown of the way traditional political parties have worked,” said Bronwen Maddox, the director of the Institute of Government, a London-based policy group. “M.P.s are supposed to follow what their party leader says. Now, they are pulled by the way their constituents will have voted, and by their own beliefs.” Well, yes there are parallels with the USA, but still Republicans are fiercely loyal to their tribe, and Democrats less so. Speaker Pelosi, however, is adding another dimension as she gets the betterment of Trump. As I understand it, however, much of Europe has similar forms of Parliamentary governments to Britain with a multitude of parties that have to form coalition governments after every election. Is that considered an advantage or disadvantage compared to America's largely two party system and fixed election dates? I don't see that either system is superior. The government is only as good as the people who choose participate in it by both running for office and voting. A democracy requires participation of an educated electorate to survive, and that is true in America, The United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
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Dutch Wrote:Lonely, thanks. However you are forgetting that the biggest problem is CORRUPTION! As long as "money" runs the show, then not any form of government works. Also if you let "uneducated" super religious people of the "dumb" States run the show then the result is as it is right now. Kentucky should not run the country, but McConnell does. Thus get the "money out of all things in government; no more "slush funds to bribe" no more "Super PAC's", no more "billionaires" with influence, no more lobbyists, no NRA influence, elections without money (limit it to very small donations to be able to cover the cost only) no more Trump type rally's etc. with huge cost for flying an huge plane and hundreds of "secret service people" Trump's trips have cost the tax payer now after two years at least 500 million. Thus there is lots to fix on this "silly" island. If you elect an "dumb mob" uneducated President then you also get dumb followers as well "mob" type people in the government. Also it would be wise to indeed to rewrite the Constitution, for instance "no electoral college" an strict detailed section on the limits of the President and qualifications to become one. Each time someone says: "this never happened before"; the Constitution does not cover it" You can't go on forever with "case" laws only and let a zillion lawyers tinker with it. Any "base law" should always be caught up with the "times". Due to the fact our "base laws" are full of holes and written 200 years ago, then Trump or others have no problem to become dictators. Doing nothing will get us into an Venezuela situation. Trump already did prove where the "loopholes" are. Dutch, I will disagree slightly. While corruption and the influence of money is a major issue it is superseded by stupidity, ignorance, racism and exceptionalism. Even if money were rooted completely out of politics Trump could have run and likely would have won. Now the electoral college which was created so that slaveholding states wouldn't lose their slaves needs to go away. the concept that this would mean that so-called plover country would be ignored is ridiculous. They would still have congresspeople and senators. That the candidate one particular party would be directly elected does not damage "flyover" country. If Republicans can produce a candidate that is electable strictly on policy as opposed to pandering to so-called swing states then so be it. Conservatism requires limiting the vote and the electoral college is one way to do that. The name of the book is "How Democracies Die" by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt.
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